Dissertations / Theses: 'Teknisk innovation'

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Aldebes, Mujtaba. "Smart Shopping Cart : Automatisering av handelsprocessen vid fysiska butiker, teknisk innovation." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-38061.

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Stölder och snatteri är ett stort problem för fysiska butiker, dessutom marknadsutvecklingen för e-handel är avgörande för fysiska butikernas framgång och lönsamhet. Allt mer pengar investeras i säkerhetslösningar, väktare och personal Målet med den här kandidat-uppsatsen har varit att utveckla en produkt för ett modern och innovativt smart kundvagn. Den framtagna Smart kundvagnen är ett hjälpmedel som är bättre anpassad efter konsumenternas behov för att skapa trevligare upplevelse hos fysiska butiker och underlättar köpprocessen, vilket i längden kan leda till trygga och återkommande kunder. Genom att använda och utnyttja ny teknik tillsammans internetuppkoppling och nya funktioner till ett konkurrenskraftigt pris finns stora möjligheter att sälja denna produkt. Kundvagnen använder sig av bildanalys och lastcell som möjliggör att kunden inte längre behöver manuellt skanna en vara. istället identifieras varan och registreras när den placeras i kundvagnen. Prototypen har jämförts och slutsats har dragit att produkten är ett bättre alternativ än existerande produkter för ändamålet.
Thefts and shoplifting is a big problem for local stores, additionally the development of e-commerce is a deciding factor for the success of physical stores and their profitability. An increasing amount of money is being invested in security solutions, guards and other related personnel. The goal of this Bachelors thesis has been to develop a product for a modern and innovative smart shopping cart. The resulting cart is a tool that is more suitable for the benefit of consumers and their need for a more comfortable shopping experience, it has the benefit of streamlining the shopping process which in turn could attract repeat customers. Through the use of new technology as well as the Internet and new functions at a competitive price point there is a great opportunity to market this product. The shopping cart uses image analysis and a load cell which alleviates the need for customers to manually scan each article for purchase, instead it is identified and registered as it is placed in the shopping cart. The prototype has been compared to other solutions and conclusions have been drawn as to the optimality of the product fulfill the purpose.

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Blomgren, Jonas, and Kristoffer Hasslevall. "Är vi redo för Augmented Reality? : En studie i eftermarknadsservice med teknisk innovation." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-149318.

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Bakgrund: I dagens digitaliserade samhälle ställs det höga krav från kunder på att saker och ting ska fungera. Det ställs krav på att företag ska tillhandahålla sina kunder med ett attraktivt erbjudande och med dagens snabbt växande teknologier möjliggörs nya sätt att erbjuda service. AR-teknologi har nyligen börjat användas som ett verktyg i företags eftermarknadsservice inom B2B och möjliggör för kunders servicetekniker att, på distans, få hjälp av en expert med att felsöka och reparera maskiner. Eftermarknadsservice kan om utförd på rätt sätt ge företag konkurrensfördelar och spås vara en stor framtida intäktsdrivare. Hypen kring AR-teknologi är hög, nya teknologier är en drivkraft till företags sätt att erbjuda nya tjänster och konsumenter är benägna om snabb service, men ännu saknas det studier kring AR-teknologi inom eftermarknadsservice på B2C-marknaden. Syfte: Att undersöka attityderna hos olika aktörer i distributionskedjan, utifrån tre valda dimensioner, mot införandet av AR-teknologi i företags eftermarknadsservice mot konsument, samt öka förståelsen för dess påverkan på serviceprocessen. Metod: I studien tillämpas en kvalitativ metod där vi genomfört en explorativ fallstudie på införandet av AR-teknologi i företags eftermarknadsservice. Det empiriska insamlandet har skett genom 14 stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer med respondenter från tre olika aktörer i vår studerade distributionskedja. Slutsats: Aktörerna i distributionskedjan är överens om att det finns tydliga fördelar med införandet av AR-teknologi i eftermarknadsservice. Detta då kunskapsöverföring, vilken underlättas av AR-teknologi, kan främja självservice vilket kan innebära kostnads- och tidsbesparingar för både företag och konsumenter. Däremot finns det frågor kring det faktiska användandet av tekniken och om den i vissa fall kan bli överflödig. Det finns också frågor kring hur en förflyttning av servicen närmare konsument kan påverka företags stabila intäktsflöde inom eftermarknadsservice samt deras kundrelationer.
Background: In today’s digitalized society there are high demands from customers on how things should work. Companies face demands on how they should provide their customers with a attractive offerings and with today's fast growing technologies new ways of offering service are presented. AR-technology has recently started being used as a tool in companies’ aftermarket service within B2B and it allows for service technicians to, remotely provide aid, problem solve and repair of the machines with the assistance of an expert. Aftermarket service can, if performed correctly, give companies competitive advantages and is believed to be a large future profit maker. There is a hype surrounding AR-technology, new technologies are a driving force for new services and consumers are demanding fast service, but there are still studies missing regarding AR-technology in the aftermarket service on the B2C market.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes of the different operators within the supply chain, from three different dimensions, towards the introduction of AR- technology in companies’ aftermarket service towards consumers, and also to improve the understanding of its effect on the service process. Method: The study uses a qualitative method where we have performed an explorative case study on the introduction of AR-technology in companies’ aftermarket service. The empirical data have been gathered by 14 semi-structured interviews with respondents from three different operators within our studied supply chain. Result: The operators, within the supply chain, all agree that there are clear advantages with the introduction of AR-technology in the aftermarket service as knowledge transfer, facilitated by AR-technology, can promote self-service which can mean cost and time savings for both the company and the consumers. There are though questions regarding the actual use of the technology and if the technology in some cases may become redundant. There are also questions about how a shift of service closer to consumers may affect companies ́ stable revenue flow in the aftermarket service and also their customer relations.

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Wiklund, Alexander, and Gustaf Tysk. "Interorganisatoriskt projekt inom 5G : En studie om hur företag samverkar för att skapa teknisk innovation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-451299.

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En aktör i ett nätverk kan verka som katalysator för att underlätta skapandet, sammanförandet och utvecklingen av ett nätverk. Kommunikationsbyrån Södra Tornet har i ett projekt tillsammans med Sandvik Coromant Gimo, Ericsson och Tele2 arbetat strategiskt för att sammanföra dessa aktörer kring ett gemensamt mål om teknisk innovation, mer specifikt implementeringen av 5G i en av Sandvik Coromant Gimos industrier. Syftet med uppsatsen är att kartlägga på vilket sätt de olika aktörerna bidragit med olika resurser under projektets olika steg och hur dessa resurser vävts samman och koordinerats. Studiens syfte uppnås genom att göra en fallstudie om projektet med hjälp av ett teoretiskt ramverk fokuserat kring organisations-och projektteori. Uppsatsen visar på hur olika aktörers heterogena resurser underlättat för projektets genomförande. Vidare visar uppsatsen hur tydlig samt effektiv kommunikation kan bidra till att förstå olika ingående aktörers behov. Detta underlättar för samarbetet inom ett nätverk.

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Janzon, Sanna. "En teknisk konsults förmåga att skapa värde : En möjlig utvecklingsprocess från traditionell domänexpertis till ledande inom innovation." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-74820.

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Ett av de företag som ligger i framkant vad gäller hållbar utveckling är WSP, vilket är ett av världens ledande analys- och teknikkonsultföretag. De har ett globalt innovations- och hållbarhetsprogram som ger stöd i ett arbete med att framtidssäkra sina uppdrag: Future Ready. Problemet är att det i dagsläget inte är helt självklart för en teknisk konsult att erbjuda ett kunderbjudande som även innehåller mjuka värden. Branschens företag ställs inför utmaningen att förflyttas från en traditionell domänexpertis till att vara den som även aktivt minskar den osäkerhet som finns hos kunder, partners och medarbetare vad gäller hållbarhetsfrågor. Därför är syftet med detta arbete att bidra till en ökad förståelse för drivkrafterna och hindren för att lyckas med denna typ av förändring och implementering. Detta arbete vilar på en konceptuell modell, bestående av olika teoriområden, vilken är en potentiell utvecklingsprocess för en teknisk konsult att gå från traditionell domänexpertis till ledande inom innovation. De tre övergripande teoriområdena är Concurrent Engineering (CE), Designdriven innovation (DI) och kulturförflyttning. CE är en metod som bygger på ett samverkande arbetssätt för att utvidga den kontextuella förmågan med avseende på värdeerbjudanden, DI bygger på ökandet av värdet av domänexpertisen vilket ökar den innovativa förmågan och kulturförflyttningen antas ske parallellt med dessa eftersom man i och med den här förflyttningen ändrar fokus från endast hårda värden till att även inkludera mjuka. För att genomföra detta arbete har en kvalitativ metod och Mode 2 i huvudsak tillämpats. Dessutom har en litteraturstudie genomförts och insamling av empiriskt material har skett genom en processkartläggning samt intervjustudie. Analysen för litteraturstudien genomfördes iterativt och intervjustudien utgick från en analysmodell som författaren själv tagit fram, baserat på ett antal nyckelord och teman. Den största drivkraften för att implementera ett arbete med Lead in innovation är tid. Tid är den gemensamma nämnaren vad gäller problematik i dagsläget som identifierades kopplat till de tre teoriområdena. Det största hindret för implementering av CE är det specifika arbetssättet som ”låser fast” medarbetarna till specifika projektdagar. För DI handlar det om det innovativa tankesättet som är svårt att påverka. Angående kulturförflyttningen handlar det om komplexiteten som finns i och med att den tillhör det dolda och därmed är svår att ta till sig. Även om det här arbetet kräver fortsatta studier för att vara genomförbart så belyser det många nya intressanta synvinklar och förslag på en möjlig utvecklingsprocess. Därmed bör detta arbete betraktas som ett bidrag till ett incitament att påbörja en resa för såväl WSP som andra företag eller organisationer att gå från traditionell domänexpertis till Lead in innovation.
One of the companies at the forefront of sustainable development is WSP, which is one of the world's leading analysis and engineering consulting companies. They have a global innovation and sustainability program with the aim to see and analyze the future more clearly: Future Ready. The problem is that it is not always obvious for a technical consultant how to offer and increase the soft values towards the customer. The industry's companies are faced with the challenge of moving from a traditional domain expertise to be the one who also actively reduces the uncertainty that exists among customers, partners and employees in terms of sustainability issues. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to contribute to an increased understanding of the driving forces and obstacles to succeed with this type of change and implementation. This work rests on a conceptual model, of different theory areas, which is a potential development process for a technical consultant to move from traditional domain expertise to leading innovation. The theory is based upon Concurrent Engineering (CE), Design-driven Innovation (DI) and cultural movement. CE is a method that is based on a collaborative approach to expand the contextual ability regarding value offering, DI is based on how to increase the domain expertise value, which increases the innovative ability and the cultural movement is assumed to be parallel to these because this movement changes focus from only hard to even soft values. To carry out this work, a qualitative method and Mode 2 have mainly been applied. In addition, a literature study has been conducted and the collection of empirical material has been done through a process mapping and interview study. The analysis for the literature study was carried out iteratively and the interview study was based on an analysis model which the author herself produced, based on several keywords and themes. The biggest driving force for implementing work with Lead in innovation is time. Time is the common denominator regarding the current problem areas and seen as an interlinkage between the three areas within this project. The biggest obstacle to implementing CE is the specific way of working that "locks in" the employees to specific project days. DI requires every employee to think innovative, which can be hard to achieve. Due to the fact that the culture is hidden, it is hard to grasp which indeed makes it hard to overcome. Although this work requires continued studies to be feasible, it highlights many new interesting perspectives and proposals for a possible development process. Thus, this work should be regarded as a contribution to an incentive to start a journey for both WSP and other companies or organizations to move from traditional domain expertise to Lead in innovation.

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Bäckström, Kristoffer. "The Role of Public Policies for Energy Technology Development : Their Innovation Effects and Interaction." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Samhällsvetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-26731.

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The overall purpose of this thesis is to analyze the role of public policies for technological development (i.e., innovation) in the renewable energy sector. The thesis consists of an introductory part and three self-contained papers. Paper I investigates the innovation effects of renewable energy support policies and their interaction in the empirical context of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. This is achieved by using data on solar PV patent counts and policies targeting solar PV development across 13 countries over the time period 1978-2008. These policies include public R&D support to solar PV as well as two different types of production support schemes: feed-in tariffs (FIT) and renewable energy certificates (REC). The data are applied to a negative binomial model and the results indicate that: (a) both FIT and REC schemes stimulate solar PV patenting activity although the impact of the former is of a larger magnitude; (b) public R&D has been more influential than the production support schemes in inducing solar PV innovation; and (c) policy interaction exists in that the innovation effect of public R&D support is greater at the margin if it is accompanied by the use of FIT schemes for solar PV. Paper II analyzes the role of pilot and demonstration plants (PDPs) in technological development. As surprisingly little explicit attention has been devoted to this issue in prior research, the existing literature is synthesized and categorized, and an agenda is proposed for future work. Scholarly work on PDPs can be found across several research fields and the discussion in the paper is organized around three research streams: engineering and natural science research, technology and innovation management, and innovation systems. Based on searches in key bibliographic databases more than 200 publications were identified and reviewed. According to the literature synthesis, the plants bridge basic knowledge generation and technological breakthroughs on the one hand (promoted by public R&D support), and exploitation of new technology for commercial use on the other (promoted by production support schemes). Still, more research on the subject is needed. For instance, the role of PDPs for inducing innovation needs to be assessed in a rigorous empirical setting as this issue has only been researched in conceptual studies or retrospective case studies based entirely on qualitative or descriptive approaches. Paper III provides an econometric analysis of the innovation impacts of publicly funded PDP activities in the case of advanced biofuel technology. This is achieved by using data on biofuel patent counts and PDPs across eight European countries over the time period 1980-2011. It is acknowledged that PDPs have two main objectives: testing and optimization of technology (experimental PDPs), and diffusion and commercialization of technology (exemplary PDPs). The data are applied to a negative binomial model and indicate that: (a) PDP activities are overall positively correlated with biofuel patents; (b) experimental PDPs are more innovation-promoting than exemplary PDPs; and (c) experimental PDP activities encourage innovation also indirectly through knowledge spillovers. The overall conclusion is that environmental policy encourages renewable energy innovation. Public R&D support as well as production support schemes are important for inducing innovation, and there are interactions between these policy types which must be acknowledged when designing public support. As public R&D support is more innovation-promoting when accompanied by the use of certain production support schemes, these policies should be employed simultaneously. Moreover, publicly funded PDP activities foster innovation and thus, their role must also be acknowledged when designing public policy.

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Wikman, Vendela, and Sarah Meyer. "Extern kommunikation av Corporate Entrepreneurship." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-202626.

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Entreprenörskap och innovationskraft har genom begreppet Corporate Entrepreneurship erkänts som en framgångsfaktor för företag. Med utgångspunkt i att Corporate Entrepreneurship är av ökande betydelse utreds här i vilken mån detta återspeglas i företags externa kommunikation. Genom innehållsanalys av VD-brev från 21 svenska teknikföretag över en tioårsperiod har signaler om entreprenöriell orientering fångats. Resultaten har visat att extern kommunikation av Corporate Entrepreneurship, i motsats till vad som förväntats, minskat i omfattning över tidsperioden. Vidare har visats att företagen inom sektorn kommunicerat kring Corporate Entrepreneurship i lika omfattning men att skillnad funnits mellan de företag som satsat mest respektive ingenting på forskning och utveckling. De slutsatser som dragits är att den ökande betydelse som antagits gälla för konceptet Corporate Entrepreneurship inte tycks återspeglas i den externa kommunikationen. Vidare har resultatet om likformighet gett stöd åt den neoinstitutionella teorin. Det har också antytts att det vid mer kraftfull uppdelning med avseende på hur pengar satsats på forskning och utveckling, framträder skillnader i den externa kommunikationen.

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Östling, Fredrik, and Johan Fredriksson. "Adoption factors for cloud based enterprise resource planning systems: : And how system vendors can act on these." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-108263.

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No matter how big a company is or what market segment it serves it still needs administration and supervision. An ERP system is a system that has the sole purpose to help a company with these activities and is often considered the backbone that intertwines the key business-processes in an organization. More specifically an ERP system can help a company to manage everything from product planning, purchasing, and inventory control to interaction with suppliers and customer service. Implementing a competitive ERP system into an organization can however become very capital intense, and small and medium enterprises do not often have the financial strength to handle this investment. An important step in the evolution of ERP is therefore cloud based ERP systems which are considered an enabler for many advantages for small and medium enterprises. The purpose of this master thesis is to establish which factors that affect the decision of small and medium enterprises to move their ERP system to the cloud or to implement a brand new cloud solution. Further, these factors have been evaluated and investigated from a strategic perspective in order to provide managerial recommendations for vendor companies. The main research questions for this master thesis are therefor: • What factors affect the client’s adoption decision of cloud based ERP systems technology? • How can the vendors cope with these factors? In order to collect empirical data, a set of interviews have been conducted with vendors which is targeting the small and medium enterprise segment; and customers to these vendors which have adopted a cloud based ERP system. These companies are the system vendors Implema AB, Alterview, and Unit4Agresso and the adopters Handheld, Naty, Grays American Stores, and Södertörns Högskola. The resulting data from this have been analyzed with the help from a theoretical framework which consists of theories from technological change (Types of technological change); Technological change as a social process (Technology diffusion; Technology adoption); Technology system evolution (Salient and Reverse Salient). The results of the empirical research show that risk, function, cost and flexibility are strong contributing factors for the adoption of cloud based ERP systems.
Företag, oavsett storlek och marknad är i behov av styrning och administration. Ett affärssystem är ett system som med hjälp av sin funktionalitet kan hjälpa företag med detta, och anses ofta därför vara ryggraden som håller ihop alla arbetsprocesser i en organisation. Mer specifikt kan ett affärssystem hjälpa till inom allt från produkt planering, inköp och lagernivåer till interaktion med leverantörer och utföra kundservice. Att implementera ett affärssystem i en organisation är dock oftast en dyr historia, och små och medelstora företag har ofta inte den ekonomiska styrkan att klara av detta på samma sätt som större företag. En viktig utveckling inom området är därför molnbaserade affärssystem som sägs skapa ett flertal fördelar för dessa kunder. Målet med detta examensarbete är att kartlägga vilka faktorer som gör att små- och medelstora företag väljer att flytta eller implementera ett nytt affärssystem i molnet. Vidare har även dessa frågor undersökts strategiskt utifrån ett ledningsperspektiv. Huvudfrågorna för examensarbetet är därför:  Vilka faktorer påverkar kundens implementeringsbeslut av affärssystem i molnet?  Hur kan leverantörer agera på dessa faktorer? Den empiriska datainsamlingen har skett via intervjuer som begränsats till leverantörer och företag inom kundsegmentet små- och medelstora företag som implementerat ett molnbaserat affärssystem. Dessa företag är systemleverantörerna Implema, Alterview och Unit4Agresso samt kunderna Handheld, Naty, Grays American Stores och Södertörns Högskola. Resultatet från detta har sedan analyserats med hjälp teoretisk referensram berörande främst Modellering av teknisks förändring; Teknisk förändring i samhället; och Teknisk system evolution. Resultatet visar att risk, funktion, kostnad och flexibilitet är starkt betydande faktorer för valet av ett molnbaserat affärssystem framför ett fast affärssystem.

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Paljak, Felix. "Enabling Technology Adoption in Conservative Industries : A Case Study within Private Real Estate Development." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-263957.

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The thesis examines technology adoption within the real estate development industry, an industry that has historically lagged the adoption rate of innovations compared to industrial counterparts. The study finds that the favorable market conditions for real estate as an asset class following the debt crisis in 2008 may have been a significant denominator in slowing down the technology adoption within the industry when several industries at the same time have faced fundamental industrial disruption. The absence of vertical integration within the industry decreases the transparency and complicates the emergence of innovative solutions as technology developers continuously fail to identify what features and functionalities that are desired by industry practitioners. The study finds that the higher the observability of the innovation, the higher is the probability of technology adoption within an organization. In addition, organizations are heavily dependent on having the facilitating conditions in-place internally to enable an effective technology adoption and implementation.
Avhandlingen granskar teknikupptagning inom fastighetsutvecklingsbranschen, en bransch som historiskt sett har haft en lägre adoptionsgrad av innovationer jämfört med industriella motsvarigheter. Studien konstaterar att de gynnsamma marknadsförhållandena för fastigheter som tillgångsslag efter finanskrisen 2008 kan ha varit en betydande nämnare för att hålla tillbaka teknikutvecklingen i industrin när flera industrier samtidigt har genomgått fundamental förändring. Frånvaron av vertikal integration inom branschen minskar insynen och komplicerar framväxten av innovativa lösningar, eftersom teknikutvecklare kontinuerligt har misslyckats att identifiera de funktioner och funktionaliteter som önskas av professionella inom branschen. Studien konstaterar att ju högre möjligheten att observera innovationens kapacitet är, desto högre är sannolikheten för teknisk adoption inom en organisation. Dessutom konstateras att organisationer är starkt beroende av att stödjande infrastruktur finns på plats internt för att möjliggöra en effektiv teknikupptagning och implementation.

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Purwanto, Alex. "User research and opportunities for innovation : Exploring methods and tools." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för visuell information och interaktion, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-296643.

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First-class software engineering is no longer enough for an information system product to gain success on a market. Developing successful information system products has become a challenging practice that requires an understanding of those who are going to use the products. As product innovation has become the lifeblood of companies competing in the fast- paced IT industry, the end users have ultimately become those who determine the success of these type of products. User research is conducted to gather insights of users’ contexts, behaviors and feelings when using products. It can be practiced to explore how to create products and features that end users will find useful. This thesis examines how methods and tools used in user research can expose opportunities for innovation. The study was conducted by a literature study and a case study, where user research methods were put to practice to discover opportunities for creating a concept for a new product. Emphasis was also put on studying how to provide utility when developing a new product. The case study was performed over a four month period at an e- commerce company called Swiss Clinic in Stockholm, Sweden. The study shows that opportunities for innovation in user research occur in the interplay between business, user research discoveries and iterative design and that effective communication and artifacts play essential parts for innovating successfully.

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Eriksson, Lisa. "Technological Innovation System of Distribution System for Hydrogen applied to Heavy-duty Vehicles : Enabling factors for the development of a distribution system for hydrogen in Sweden." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296585.

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Factors that could enable the development of a distribution system for hydrogen applied to heavy-duty vehicles in Sweden are studied in this thesis. Fuel cell and hydrogen technology could be a solution in an electrification mix to reduce the environmental impacts of heavy-duty vehicles (Neef, 2009). However, the distribution system for hydrogen in Sweden is limited, with only five hydrogen refueling stations geographically dispersed (Vätgas Sverige, n.d.). In addition, distribution options at the lowest-cost delivery mode are highly dependent on the hydrogen application, density of demand, quantity to be transported, and distance between the delivery point and the production (Bersani, et al., 2018) To determine what factors could be decisive to develop a distribution system, the technological innovation system framework has been applied in this study. The analysis is carried out with the framework’s system functions. Further, the analysis is based on literature on hydrogen that considers hindering factors and barriers, policy recommendations, lock-in effects, distribution and transportation, and centralized vs. de-centralized systems. Moreover, data has been collected through 11 semi-structured interviews with actors from different sectors, energy companies, truck manufacturers, and researchers, amongst others. The analysis concludes that cross-sectoral collaboration, pilot testing, and governmental support can be enabling factors for the development of a distribution system in Sweden.
Faktorer som kan möjliggöra utvecklingen av ett distributionssystem för vätgas applicerat för tunga fordon i Sverige studeras i den här studien. Tekniken för bränsleceller och vätgas kan vara en lösning i en elektrifieringsmix för att minska miljöpåverkan från tunga fordon (Neef,2009). Distributionssystemet för vätgas i Sverige är dock begränsat, med endast fem vätgastankstationer som är geografiskt spridda (Vätgas Sverige, n.d.). Dessutom är distributionsalternativen till lägst kostnad i hög grad beroende av väteapplikationen, efterfrågan, kvantitet som ska transporteras och avståndet mellan leveranspunkten och produktionen (Bersani, et al., 2018). För att avgöra vilka faktorer som kan vara avgörande för att utveckla ett distributionssystem har ramverket för teknisk innovation system tillämpats i den här studien. Analysen utförs med ramverkets systemfunktioner. Vidare baseras analysen på litteratur om väte som tar hänsyn till hindrande faktorer och barriärer, policyrekommendationer, lock-in-effekter, distribution och transport och centraliserade kontra decentraliserade system. Dessutom har data samlats ingenom 11 halvstrukturerade intervjuer med aktörer från olika sektorer, energibolag, lastbilstillverkare och forskare, bland annat. Utifrån analysen dras slutsatsen att sektorsövergripande samarbete, pilottestning och statligt stöd är faktorer som kan möjliggöra en utveckling av ett distributionssystem för vätgas i Sverige.

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Agarwal, Rohit. "User Interface Design of Head-Up Display Using Scenarios : An Early Stage Innovation Project at Bombardier." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-244452.

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Head-up display (HUD) är en beprövad teknik inom flyg och bil, vilken gör det möjligt för piloter och förare att få tillgång till information utan att uppmärksamheten avleds från omvärlden. Liknande fördelar kan uppnås genom installation av HUD i tåg. Syftet med denna studie är att utveckla ett användargränssnitt för HUD baserat på European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS). HUD kommer att vara en extra säkerhetsfunktion för tågen för att förhindra förare från att skifta fokus mellan instrumentpanelen och omgivningen, vilket leder till minskad förareutmattning och bättre observation av spåren framåt. Scenario Based Design-metoden har använts för att genomföra projektarbetet och i rapporten diskuteras metodens fördelar och begränsningar. Användningen av scenarier har gjort det möjligt för designteamet att på djupet förstå de situationer som förarna står inför samt har hjälpt till att under workshops få en bättre förståelse för drivrutinerna. Dessutom har rekommendationer för hårdvara, installation och framtida arbete beskrivits för fortsatt genomförande av projektet.
Head-up display (HUD) has a proven track record in the aviation and automobile sectors, allowing pilots and drivers to access information without diverting attention from the outside world. Similar benefits may be realized by the installation of HUD in locomotive cabs. The objective of this thesis work is to develop the user interface for HUD based on the ERTMS system. The HUD will be an added safety feature to the trains to prevent drivers from refocusing between the instrument panel and the outside view thus leading to reduced driver fatigue and better observation of the tracks ahead. Scenario Based Design method has been used to implement the project work with discussions regarding its advantages and limitations. The use of scenarios has allowed the design team to understand the scenarios that the drivers face in depth and has aided during the workshops to understand the drivers’ routine better. Additionally, recommendations for the hardware, installation and future work have been provided to support further implementation of the project.

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Magnusson, Fredrik, and Fredrik Widegren. "Hyperloop in Sweden : Evaluating Hyperloops Viability in the Swedish Context." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-235621.

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Transportations role in society is increasingly important and today it has a prominent role in business, citizens lives as well as in the world economy. The increasing globalization and urbanization puts significant pressure on the existing transport system, with increasing demand for high-speed travel. However, this comes with implications on the environment, and the environmental concerns constitutes one of the biggest pressures in transport. And as the contemporary modes are bound by their technologies, enabling marginal rather than radical improvements, a possible window of opportunity for new radical technologies to enter the market can emerge. One new technology emerging within transportation today is called hyperloop, a technology that could prove to meet demand for faster, cheaper, safer and more environmentally efficient transportation. However, the technology is still in an early stage of development and hence surrounded by major uncertainties. Further, the nature of the technology necessitates overcoming several obstacles before it can reach commercial practice. And this together with a limited knowledge of the concept in Sweden makes it difficult to predict if hyperloop can become a viable transport alternative on the Swedish market. Which condensed lays the foundation to the purpose of this paper: "To give an overarching understanding of the Swedish transport market dynamics, together with a comprehensive evaluation of the hyperloop concept. And hence contribute to more inclusive knowledge and understanding of hyperloop’s viability in the Swedish context." Since the phenomenon has not been comprehensively studied previously, the elected research design is that of an exploratory case study, with an inductive, qualitative approach. To address the purpose, a literary review of the theoretical field was conducted. Looking in to previous research on disruptive innovation, diffusion of innovations, technical transitions, transformational pressure as well as window of opportunity. The empirical material gathered during the research process was derived from two main channels. Firstly, an extensive review of scientific articles about the hyperloop technology was conducted, providing insights on the technology and its surroundings. This was complemented by qualitative interviews to obtain material on the dynamics of the Swedish transport market as well as for understanding hyperloop in the Swedish context. The empirical study was further accompanied by a review of news articles and websites to map the most recent progress in the hyperloop development. By analyzing the empirical material through three frameworks; Characteristics of Diffusion, the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and Technology Readiness Level (TRL), interesting findings and conclusions were drawn. These together points towards that hyperloop, if the technology reaches its predicted performance, will have significant relative advantages and observable effects in the relation to the contemporary modes of transportation. Further, a noticeable window of opportunity, sprung from capacity shortages and pressure towards environmental sustainability, seems to exist on the Swedish market. A window which could be capitalized upon and justify hyperloop in the Swedish context. The current state of the technology does however come with implications as it so far is insufficient to decrease uncertainty amongst the potential adopters. Factors that likely will prolong the adoption of the technology in Sweden relates to the relative complexity of the system, its limited compatibility with existing practices and the low maturity of the technology. Hence, the hyperloop companies must prove the concept feasible and increase the maturity to gain sufficient acceptance and recognition. This paper contributes to the academic community by assessing the compatibility of hyperloop on the Swedish market, as well as if hyperloop could become a viable alternative transport solution in Sweden. It provides insight to specific perspectives of the Swedish market, its requirements and the demand for alternative transport solutions. Hence, this paper is considered to make both an analytical contribution in terms of evaluating the viability of disruptive technologies. And an empirical contribution by shedding light on new important insights for the potential diffusion of hyperloop. Insights that are significant for hyperloop actors as well as for dominant actors on the Swedish transport market.
Transporters roll i samhället blir allt viktigare och de har idag en framträdande roll inom näringsliv, medborgares liv samt världsekonomin. Den ökande globaliseringen och urbaniseringen sätter dock ett betydande tryck på det existerande transportsystemet, med ökande efterfrågan för höghastighetsalternativ. Detta medför implikationer för miljön, och oron kring transporters miljöpåverkan är ett av de största bekymren för transportsektorn. Eftersom de existerande transportalternativen är bundna av sin teknik, vilket begränsar dem till inkrementella snarare än radikala förbättringar, kan en möjlighet för nya transportsätt att komma in på marknaden öppna sig. En kommande ny teknik som utvecklas inom transport idag kallas hyperloop, en teknik som kan visa sig möta efterfrågan för snabbare, billigare, säkrare och mer miljösmarta transporter. Tekniken är dock i ett tidigt utvecklingsskede och är därav omgärdad av stora osäkerheter. Vidare kräver teknikens natur att flertalet hinder kommer att behöva överkommas innan tekniken kan nå kommersiellt bruk. Detta tillsammans med den begränsade kunskap som finns kring konceptet i Sverige gör det svårt att förutspå om hyperloop kan bli ett möjligt transportalternativ på den svenska marknaden. Kondenserat ligger detta till grund för syftet med den här uppsatsen: "Att ge en övergripande förståelse av dynamiken på den svenska transportmarknaden, tillsammans med en djupgående utvärdering av hyperloop konceptet. Och därav bidra till en mer inkluderande kunskap och förståelse kring hyperloops möjligheter i den svenska kontexten." Eftersom detta fenomen inte tidigare har studerats i större utsträckning valdes en forskningsdesign i form av en undersökande fallstudie med ett induktivt, kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt. För att adressera syftet gjordes en litterär översyn av det teoretiska fältet. Med inblickar i tidigare forskning kring disruptiv teknik, diffusion av innovation, tekniska övergångar, transformationstryck samt möjlighetsfönster. Det empiriska materialet till studien samlades in genom två kanaler i huvudsak. Först, genom en djupdykning i tidigare forskning och vetenskapliga artiklar relaterade till hyperlooptekniken, för att generera insikter kring tekniken och dess omgivning. Detta kompletteras med kvalitativa intervjuer för att erhålla material om dynamiken på den svenska transportmarknaden samt för att ge en förståelse av hyperloop i den svenska kontexten. Den empiriska studien kompletterades ytterligare med en översyn av nyhetsartiklar och webbplatser för att kartlägga de senaste framstegen i hyperlooputvecklingen. Genom att analysera det empiriska materialet med hjälp av tre ramverk; Egenskaper för Spridning av Innovation, Perspektiv i Multipla Nivåer (MLP) och Teknisk Mogenhetsnivå (TRL), kunde flertalet intressanta upptäckter och slutsatser dras. Vilka tillsammans pekar mot att hyperloop, om tekniken lyckas uppnå den predikterade prestandan, kommer att ha betydande relativa fördelar och synliga effekter i förhållande till dagens transportsätt. Vidare kan ett märkbart möjlighetsfönster, sprunget ur kapacitetsbrist och tryck mot miljömässig hållbarhet, identifieras på den svenska marknaden. Detta fönster skulle kunna kapitaliseras på och motivera hyperloop i den svenska kontexten. Teknologins nuvarande tillstånd har emellertid konsekvenser, eftersom den hittills inte är tillräcklig för att minska osäkerheten hos potentiella adopterare. Faktorer som sannolikt kommer att förlänga processen att adoptera tekniken i Sverige härstammar från systemets relativa komplexitet, dess begränsade kompatibilitet med befintliga metoder samt teknikens låga mogenhet. Därav är det essentiellt för hyperloopbolagen att bevisa konceptet möjligt och öka mogenheten för att få tillräcklig acceptans och erkännande. Detta arbete bidrar till det akademiska samhället genom att bedöma kompatibiliteten mellan hyperloop och den svenska marknaden, samt om hyperloop kan bli ett genomförbart transportalternativ i Sverige. Arbetet bidrar med insikter i specifika perspektiv på den svenska marknaden, dess krav samt efterfrågan för alternativa transportlösningar. Därav kan denna uppsats anses utgöra både ett analytiskt bidrag genom dess utvärdering av genomförbarheten av disruptiv teknik. Samt ett empiriskt bidrag genom att belysa viktiga insikter för den potentiella spridningen av hyperloop. Insikter som är viktiga för såväl hyperloopaktörer som de dominanta aktörerna på den svenska transportmarknaden.

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Agerberg, David, and Sofia Selenius. "Det “transformativa” i transformativa teknologier : En studie om investeringar inom området transformativ teknologi och dess transformativa egenskaper." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448114.

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Teknologiers transformativa förmågor har stor potential att bidra till förändring som gynnar samhällen, miljön och mänskligt välbefinnande. Världen står idag inför många stora utmaningar som klimatförändringar och omfattande digitala förändringar. Investerare påverkar vilka teknologier som formar våra samhällen, och uppdragsdrivna aktörer, snarare än endast vinstdrivna, kan påverka framtida paradigmskiften. Trots ett ökat intresse för området ”transformativa teknologier” saknas konsensus kring grundläggande egenskaper och vad begreppet inbegriper. Avsaknaden av definierande egenskaper resulterar i att begreppet löper risk att urvattnas, vilket vidare medför negativa effekter kopplade till beslutsfattares avsaknad av praxis för att utvärdera transformativa förmågor hos teknologier. Beslutsfattare kan hjälpas av ett tydligare definierat begrepp och genom applicerbara metoder kan beslutsfattare hjälpas nå sina mål. Befintliga metoder för utvärdering av ansvarsfulla investeringar som ESG och Impact investing är inte fokuserade på teknologier och därtill finns begränsningar som gör de mindre tillämpbara i fall där transformativa teknologier är relevant. Studien bidrar till en ökad förståelse för begreppet och tillhandahåller metoder för utvärdering genom att analysera transformativa egenskaper i Industrifondens portföljbolag inom området transformativ teknologi. Det empiriska underlaget utgörs av 12 portföljbolag. Studien visar på tre dimensioner av transformativa egenskaper, value changes, mimicry och diffusion, samt bidrar med förståelse kring dess innebörd. Vidare visar studien på återkommande mönster i termer av transformativa egenskaper. Utöver bidraget kopplat till en ökad förståelse inom området ger studien förslag på hur dessa teknologier kan utvärderas samt hur utvärderingsmetoder kan tillämpas vid investeringsstrategier.
The transformative capabilities of technologies have great potential contributing to change that benefits society, the environment and human well-being. The world faces many grand challenges today, such as climate change and extensive digital change. Investors affect which technologies shaping our societies and organizations that are mission-driven, rather than entirely profit-driven, can affect the paradigm shifts that are to come. Despite an increased interest in the field of “transformative technologies”, there is a lack of consensus on basic characteristics and what the term entails. The lack of defining characteristics results in a risk of the term being diluted, which further has negative effects linked to decision-makers’ lack of approaches to evaluate transformative abilities in technologies. Decision-makers can be helped by a more defined concept, and through applicable methods, decision-makers can be helped to achieve their goals. Existing methods for evaluation of so-called “responsible investments” such as ESG and Impact investing are not focused on transformative capabilities of technologies. Furthermore, some limitations make them less applicable in cases where transformative technologies are relevant. The study contributes to an increased understanding of the concept and provides methods for evaluation by analyzing transformative capacities in Industrifonden's portfolio companies in the field of transformative technology. The empirical basis consists of 12 portfolio companies. The study highlights three dimensions of characteristics for transformative technologies, value changes, mimicry and diffusion, and contributes to an understanding of their meaning. Furthermore, the study shows recurring patterns in terms of transformative characteristics. In addition to the contribution linked to an increased understanding in the area, the study provides suggestions on how these technologies can be evaluated and how evaluation methods can be applied to investment strategies.

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Grundström, Jonas. "From innovation to clinical value : An evaluation of innovative neurological medical devices." Thesis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-16945.

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A global mapping of early stage medical technology companies has been implemented. The companies have emerging products within neurology and have undergone an evaluation by clinicians concerning the ability to provide clinical value for Swedish health care. The evaluation process has been executed by discussion with neurologists and neurosurgeons in combination with a literature survey. To limit the evaluation process, areas of stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy were chosen.

Some companies turn up to develop more requested products than others. Medfield Diagnostics AB, with their microwave screening product could in the future address the need for fast, accurate and accessible diagnosis of stroke and head trauma. The NBS system from Nexstim Ltd. has potential to provide clinical value by the ability of the products TMS technology to navigate in the brain. Elminda Ltd. product built of an evidence based rehabilitation platform could enhance recovery of patients with neurological disorders on an individual basis. BrainsGate Ltd. product to deliver drugs over the blood brain barrier provides totally new treatment options and NeuroSonix Ltd. ultrasound based product could assist the surgeon and decrease damageable embolic debris. Neurolife non-invasive solutions innovative device, which non-invasively measured the intracranial pressure, would be a totally new way to monitor patients.

A symposium was organized and three top ranked companies with stroke care products were invited to present their technology for Swedish clinicians in Stockholm. Participating companies were Nexstim Ltd., Elminda Ltd. and Medfield Diagnostics AB, who were all well received and considered to have interesting technologies with ability to provide clinical value.

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Panarotto, Massimo. "Capturing Value in Conceptual PSS Design : Perspectives from the Automotive Supply Chain." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-00563.

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Manufacturing companies have traditionally focused their design and development activities on realizing technical and engineered aspects of physical artifacts based on performance requirements. The ever-changing business climate, with its increased pace during the past decades, has forced industries to continuously innovate their approach toward the development of new products. Pressured also by global competition, manufacturing companies need to reconsider the traditional concept of realizing value via goods production, and shift towards realizing value through product-service combinations. Companies have begun to recognize that gaining competitive advantage and expanding market shares is not achievable purely through continuous technical improvements. Rather, it is necessary to develop a closer relationship to the customer to gain a deeper understanding of expectations, needs, and perceived value. From a development perspective, the overarching problem within complex systems such as those in which cars, aircraft, and excavators are manufactured, or healthcare is provided, is that the focus on customer value is likely to become blurred since it is difficult to understand the impact a change in any single component in the overall system has on value, and to determine a new function’s impact on future scenarios. The main goals of this thesis are to provide an understanding of key challenges when considering the value different design alternatives provide in the conceptual phases of product development taking the automotive industry as case study, and to explore how to support a multi-disciplinary design team in making value-conscious decisions when dealing with new product-service offerings. The research approach has involved data collection through participation in, and facilitation of, product-service design workshops in the automotive industry. Also, it has involved follow-up meetings and interviews, as well as a review of literature on state-of-the-art methods in early conceptual design phases, which describes the advantages and disadvantages of the different frameworks. The primary finding of the study is that determination of the impact of different PSS design options on customer value becomes more challenging since new elements are introduced (e.g., new business models and services). The design team requires more holistic competences in order to more fully understand changing contexts; and new methods and tools are needed in order to establish a base to define, discuss and assess what “uncontested customer value” is, and link it to the different product-service elements of the system. Secondly, this thesis proposes a conceptual approach for value simulation and assessment of different design options, where the iterative use of personas and scenario generation is combined with value modeling and computer-based simulation techniques, enabling a quick “what-if” analysis of the various options, facilitating the identification of promising combinations of product and service elements that provide higher customer value.

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Hansson, Stefan. "Militära ”mobil-appar” : Den militära nyttan med kommersiell teknik för militära ändamål." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-4668.

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The transformation of the Swedish Armed Forces is bringing about major changes in many areas. Indirect fire is one capability affected by these changes. Financial savings, a shrinking organization and higher eligibility requirements mean that fewer soldiers will gain access to exclusive high-tech support resources such as the JAS 39 Gripen aircraft and the ARCHER artillery system. This thesis aims to examine whether access to indirect fire capability can be increased through the use of civilian products and communication networks. Technology development in the civilian mobile communications area is exponential and nations such as the USA, facing challenges similar to those of the Swedish Armed Forces, devote substantial resources to research and development. Is the use of mobile phones for military purposes the innovation needed by the Swedish Armed Forces, do the necessary technical conditions exist and is the technology applicable during peace and wartime operations? The results indicate that the military use of commercial technology is too low at the moment, but that the technology itself sets no limits, and that there is a need and a demand to develop military mobile apps. The robustness of commercial networks does not meet Armed Forces’ requirements and the Armed Forces need a clear strategy that states the aims and objectives before procurement and implementation is possible. The results show further that, regardless of the challenges identified, there are good reasons to continue to pursue these issues in order to build up experience and knowledge in this area of technology. The development of civil mobile phone technology for military purposes will mean that there is an economically viable resource to use in the future.

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Ciabuschi, Francesco. "On the innovative MNC : leveraging innovations and the role of IT systems /." Uppsala : Företagsekonomiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4565.

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Lindhult, Erik. "Management by freedom : essays in moving from Machiavellian to Rousseauian approaches to innovation and inquiry /." Stockholm : Institutionen för industriell ekonomi och organisation, Tekniska högsk, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-212.

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Mattsson, Adam, and Martin Åhlén. "Vibraesthetics of Music : The design of BEATHOVEN: a haptic device for enjoying music through vibrotactile sensations." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-85996.

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The project has the purpose of designing and developing a wearable haptic device for experiencing music through tactile vibrations on the body, and the result is the product concept BEATHOVEN and a completely new way of experiencing music. Music is powerful, it touches our soul and gives form to our emotions. It captures the inner landscape of our minds, resonating in endless colours and nuances and shares it with others. Music has been a part of the human species for over 40 000 years and has played a fundamental role in our evolution and society; it is believed that we sang before we even spoke. Music, along with its aesthetic qualities, has throughout history been closely tied to our auditory perception. It was originally created and designed for listeners and has long been considered as something for the hearing. That perspective is starting to get more and more blurred out, however, and music is stepping out of auditory exclusivity. The general view of music today excludes over five percent of the world's population: people with disabling hearing loss. Hearing loss can impact a person’s life in many ways and one major impact is their ability to communicate with others. Music is another form of communication, and it is one where all of these people have thus far been excluded. The goal of this project is to design and develop a product that includes more people in music. The project is carried out in collaboration with Pariception, a company specialized in research and development of assistive devices for people with deafblindness, and stems from one of their existing products: Good Vibrations. Good Vibrations is a wearable device for experiencing music through vibrations; it is a completely unique product and differs from all other solutions on the market. There are some brands, such as SubPac and Woojer, who have developed tactile music accessories, but these products are focused on enhancing a listening experience. Good Vibrations and BEATHOVEN are unique because they aim to convey the full musical experience and to be used independently from hearing. The current project brings Good Vibrations back to its basic concept idea, to redefine, refine, and design it into a usable, viable, and desirable consumer product: BEATHOVEN. The project is made up of three main parts; to understand how the vibrotactile experience of music can be designed into a meaningful product, to understand how music can be conveyed through vibrotactile sensations on the body, and to know where on the body the vibrations should be conveyed to optimize the experience. To do this, we have created our own approach, adopting a mix of different design approaches such as design-driven innovation, human-centered design, embodied design, and aesthetic exploration. Research strongly indicates that it is possible to perceive aesthetic qualities within music through other senses than hearing, for example through stimuli such as tactile vibrations. To aid us in the development of the product, and to explore the aesthetic qualities of vibrations, we have defined a new research subject called Vibraesthetics. The project has resulted in BEATHOVEN, a product concept featuring five vibrotactile actuators distributed to the chest and the neck. The product takes the input from any song or piece of music and transposes its frequencies to fit within 5-1000 Hz, which is the general range of human tactile perception. The music is further divided into three registers and distributed to separate and dedicated actuators. Some of the artist's original intentions with the music may be altered, but the richness of the experience is still there and available to anyone, regardless of their hearing abilities.
Målet med projektet är att utveckla och designa en bärbar haptisk produkt för att uppleva musik genom taktila vibrationer på kroppen. Resultatet av projektet är produktkonceptet BEATHOVEN och ett helt nytt sätt att uppleva musik. Musik är kraftfull, det berör vår själ och sätter form på våra känslor. Det fångar vårt inre landskap, resonerar i oändliga färger och nyanser och delar det med andra. Musik har varit en del av den mänskliga arten i över 40 000 år och har spelat en grundläggande roll i vår utveckling och i vårt samhälle; mycket tyder på att vi sjöng innan vi ens började prata. Musik, tillsammans med dess estetiska kvalitéer, har genom historien varit nära knuten till vår hörsel. Den skapades ursprungligen och designades för lyssnare och har länge ansetts vara något för just hörseln. Den här synen på musik börjar dock mer och mer suddas ut, och nya sätt att uppleva musiken får ta plats. Genom den allmänna synen på musik vi har i dag utesluts dock över fem procent av världens befolkning: personer med nedsatt hörsel. Hörselnedsättning kan påverka människors liv på flera sätt och en viktig inverkan är på förmågan att kommunicera med andra. Musik är en annan form av kommunikation, en form där alla dessa människor hittills har blivit exkluderade. Målet med detta projekt är att designa och utveckla en produkt som inkluderar fler personer i musik. Projektet genomförs i samarbete med Pariception, ett företag specialiserat på forskning och utveckling av hjälpmedel för personer med dövblindhet, och grundar sig i en av deras befintliga produkter: Good Vibrations. Good Vibrations är en bärbar produkt som möjliggör upplevelsen av musik genom taktila vibrationer; det är en helt unik produkt i sig och skiljer sig från alla andra lösningar som finns på marknaden idag. Det finns ett fåtal aktörer, som SubPac och Woojer, som har utvecklat taktila musiktillbehör, men de är enbart inriktade på att förstärka upplevelsen för den som redan hör. Good Vibrations och BEATHOVEN är unika av sitt slag då de eftersträvar att förmedla den fulla musikupplevelsen, oberoende av hörseln. I det här projektet tar vi Good Vibrations tillbaka till sin kärna, för att sedan omdefiniera, förfina och utforma den till en användbar, fungerande och åtråvärd konsumentprodukt: BEATHOVEN. Projektet består av tre huvuddelar; att förstå hur musikens vibrotaktila upplevelse kan designas till en meningsfull produkt, att förstå hur musik kan förmedlas genom vibrotaktila förnimmelser på kroppen, samt att veta var på kroppen vibrationerna ska förmedlas för att optimera upplevelsen. För att göra detta, har vi skapat ett eget tillvägagångssätt, där vi har kombinerat olika designmetoder så som; design-driven innovation, människocentrerad design, embodied design och estetisk utforskning. Forskning visar starkt på att det är möjligt att uppleva estetiska egenskaper inom musiken genom andra sinnen än hörseln, till exempel genom taktila vibrationer. För att hjälpa oss i utvecklingsarbetet av produkten och för att bättre undersöka och förstå vibrationernas estetiska egenskaper har vi definierat ett nytt forskningsämne som heter Vibroestetik. Resultatet av projektet är BEATHOVEN, ett produktkoncept bestående av vibrotaktila aktuatorer fördelade på bröstet och nacken. Produkten översätter vilken låt eller musik som helst och transponerar ner den till ett område på 5-1000 Hz, vilket är det allmänna omfånget för vår huds taktila uppfattningsförmåga. Musiken är sedan uppdelad i tre register och distribueras till separata aktuatorer. En viss del av konstnärens ursprungliga tankar och idéer med musiken kan förändras eller filtreras bort, men upplevelsens rikedom finns fortfarande kvar och är tillgänglig för alla, oavsett deras hörsel.

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Bill, Cecilia, and Hanna Widéen. "Implementation of construction innovation : A study of a large Swedish contractor firm." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264392.

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In the increasingly competitive market, innovation has become important if not crucial for entrepreneurial survival. The construction industry, although argued to be a bit behind, is catching on. As the ambition to become more innovative rapidly increase, several challenges must be managed within the building sector and one of them is the implementation of innovations. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the implementation process of innovation in a construction organisation’s projects. More specifically, to increase the understanding of the important aspects, which could result in a more effective implementation in the future. This will be done in collaboration with a large contractor firm in Sweden, NCC and with the help of an implementation framework developed by Sarah E. Slaughter. The framework will be used to see how well theory reflects practice and is especially directed towards the construction industry. It describes how innovations in general should be implemented, regardless of its type. The thesis is built around a case study and where a particular project within NCC has been chosen to study more closely. The project, which is addressed as the “Pilot Project” is a collaboration between NCC and an external supplier. In this collaboration they have worked together to implement an innovation, however, the process will be looked through the contractor’s eyes. The empirics has been collected through a qualitative interview study including individuals in different positions in the pilot project but also complemented with interviews with other individuals in the firm that have in some way been involved in an implementation of an innovation. Through the empirics, a number of significant aspects could be identified in the following categories: “Commitment”, “Communication”, “Organizing teams and Creating good Conditions” and last “Evaluation”. The result was that the majority of the most important factors were in line with the framework’s stages but that it should be complemented or modified with several aspects found in the empirics. It can therefore be concluded that the model, to a large extent, reflects reality in a good sense.
I den allt mer konkurrenskraftiga marknaden har innovation blivit viktigt, om inte en nödvändighet för ett företags överlevnad. Byggindustrin som har ansett ligga efter är nu på rätt väg. Då ambitionen att bli mer innovativ snabbt ökar måste flera utmaningar hanteras inom byggsektorn där en utav dem är implementering av innovationer. Syftet med denna studie är därför att undersöka implementeringsprocessen av innovation i en byggorganisations projekt. Mer specifikt att öka förståelsen för de viktiga aspekterna som möjligtvis kan resultera i en mer effektiv implementering i framtiden. Detta kommer att göras i samarbete med en stor byggentreprenör i Sverige, NCC och med hjälp av ett implementeringsramverk utvecklat av Sarah E. Slaughter. Ramverket kommer användas för att se hur bra teorin speglar praktiken och är särskilt riktat till byggindustrin. Den beskriver hur innovationer generellt ska implementeras oberoende av vilken typ det är. Uppsatsen är uppbyggd kring en fallstudie där ett specifikt projekt inom NCC har valts att studeras närmare. Projektet, som går under namnet “Pilotprojektet” är ett samarbete mellan NCC och en extern leverantör. I det här samarbetet har de tillsammans arbetat med för att implementera en innovation, dock kommer endast processen att studeras utifrån entreprenörens perspektiv. Empirin har samlats in genom en kvalitativ intervjustudie där olika roller i pilotprojektet har intervjuats men också kompletterats av andra intervjuer med individer från företaget som på något sätt har varit delaktiga i implementeringen av en innovation. Genom studiens empiri kunde ett antal faktorer fastställas som återfinns i följande kategorier: “Engagemang”, “Kommunikation”, “Organisera grupp och Skapa bra Förutsättningar” och sist “Utvärdering”. Resultatet blev att majoriteten av de viktiga faktorerna var i linje med ramverkets steg men att den i viss mån behöver kompletteras eller modifieras. Det kan därför fastställas att modellen, till stor dels reflekterar verkligheten på ett bra sätt.

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Lundgren, Anders. "Technological innovation and industrial evolution : the emergence of industrial networks." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics [Ekonomiska forskningsinstitutet vid Handelshögsk.] (EFI), 1991. http://www.hhs.se/efi/summary/332.htm.

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Torsne, Tommy. "Innovation- och säkerhetsvetenskap : en fruktbar syntes /." Västerås : School of Innovation, Design and Engineerin, Mälardalen University [Akademin för innovation, design och teknik], Mälardalens högskola, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-506.

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Westman, Christoffer. "Capabilities that enable innovation." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-35297.

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Johnsson, Mikael. "Innovation groups : Before innovation work is begun." Licentiate thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-17990.

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This research project was begun during the financial crisis of 2009 with the objective of increasing the competiveness of SMEs’ (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) by developing their innovation-management capabilities. The research presented in this licentiate thesis (thesis) is a part of the project in which newly-formed innovation groups at two SMEs in Eskilstuna, Sweden have been studied before they began innovation work. Prior research has indicated a need to observe processes within on-going innovation projects. My overall hypothesis that reaches beyond this thesis, is that an innovation group that improves its innovation-related knowledge, reduces knowledge gaps and increases innovation-related awareness, generates positive additional values such as motivation or enthusiasm above the results such as patents or project costs that are traditional measurements within innovation projects. The first study in the iterative research process focused on the innovation-related knowledge of newly-formed innovation groups. The results led to further immersed studies, in total five case studies, in which 21 respondents participated. A theoretical framework consisting of theories from Knowledge management and System theory was used to analyze the results and the research question of this licentiate thesis emerged as: “What would a model that describes a newly-formed innovation group’s innovation-related knowledge, knowledge gaps, information flow and awareness look like?” Four sub-questions, one per each aspect of the research question, have been used to analyze prior research, theories and the conducted case studies. A model, Innovation Group Model (IGM), was created according to the research question and goal for this thesis. A one-sentence-explanation could be: “The organization, the innovation group and the individuals must have the opportunity to be motivated to learn innovation management in theory and practice to achieve innovation-readiness and awareness to detect and utilize innovation-related information available within the internal and external information flow.” This thesis contributes to the research area of Innovation and design with knowledge concerning newly-formed innovation groups. Three practical applications of the research results are suggested; (1) IGM can be used in organizations to understand the complex situation when an innovation group is created. (2) IGM can be used when planning for physical or virtual environments in which an innovation group consisting of professionals and customers is intended to develop or generate ideas. (3) IGM can be used when developing innovation-related audits intended to provide a deeper understanding of a respondent’s knowledge. On the basis of the results from this licentiate thesis, I suggest further research according to the overall hypothesis. With IGM as a starting point, one could study the progress of innovation groups and where necessary, provide support in specific areas.

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Blinke, Jacob. "Diffusion of Sustainable Innovations : A Case Study of Optical Gas Imaging." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279593.

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During the last two decades, innovations that contribute to sustainable development has received increasing attention in the markets and academia. The diffusion of sustainable innovations is a key element in society’s transformation toward a greener and more sustainable economy. Within industries that utilize industrial gases in their operations, there are thousands of fugitive emission sources that puts strain on the safety of the plant and the personnel. As most gases are combustible and hazardous to humans and the environment, these companies must have effective leak detection and repair (LDAR) programs. In recent years, a new gas detection technology called Optical Gas Imaging have emerged which can identify gas compounds safer and more efficient compared to older leak detection technologies. However, the rate of diffusion of the innovation has been slow and limited to oil and gas industries, even though many other industries such as steel, paper and pulp and chemical industries utilize gases as well. As such, this research has aimed to identify factors that influence the adoption of sustainable innovations within gas-utilizing industries. The qualitative data was gathered through semi structured interviews with gas-utilizing companies in Sweden and analyzed with interpretive methods. The results show that regulatory factors are a strong driver for the diffusion of sustainable innovations while characteristics of price, availability and type of innovationdecision works as barriers. The generated knowledge may contribute on how innovators of a sustainable innovations can overcome these barriers and improve the rate of adoption of sustainable innovations.
Under de senaste två decennierna har innovationer som bidrar till hållbar utveckling fått ökad uppmärksamhet på marknaden och inom forskningen. Diffusionen av hållbara innovationer är ett viktig del av samhällets omvandling mot ett mer hållbart samhälle. Inom branscher som använder industriella gaser i sin verksamhet finns det tusentals flyktiga utsläppskällor som belastar anläggningen och personalens säkerhet. Eftersom de flesta gaser är brännbara och farliga för människor och miljö, är det viktigt att dessa företag har effektiva läckedetekterings- och reparationsprogram (LDAR). Under de senaste åren har en ny gasdetekteringsteknologi, Optical Gas Imaging, kommit fram som kan identifiera gasföreningar säkrare och effektivare jämfört med äldre tekniker för läckedetektering. Däremot, har diffusionsgraden för innovationen varit långsam och begränsad till olje- och gasindustrin, även om många andra industrier så som stål, papper och massa, och kemiska industrier också använder gaser som energi. Därför har syftet med denna stuie varit att identifiera faktorer som påverkar diffusionen av hållbara innovationer inom industrier som använder gaser. Den kvalitativa datan samlades in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med företag i Sverige som använder gaser, där datan analyserades med tolkningsmetoder. Resultatet visar att lagar och regler är en stark drivkraft för diffusionen av hållbara innovationer medan innovationsegenskaper såsom ”pris” och nyckelfaktorerna ”tillgänglighet” och ”innovationsbeslut” agerar som hinder. Den genererade kunskapen från denna studie kan bidra till hur en hållbar innovationskapare kan åtgärda dessa hinder och förbättra dess diffusion i marknaden.

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Eriksson, Marie-Louise. "Organising regional innovation support : Sweden's Industrial Development Centres as regional development coalitions /." Linköping : Department of Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, 2005. http://www.bibl.liu.se/liupubl/disp/disp2005/arts326s.pdf.

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Larsson, Lisa. "Characteristics of Production Innovation." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Innovation och Design, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63023.

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Today firms must maintain high levels of efficiency, quality control, customer responsiveness and speed, but even the full set of these attributes is not sufficient for sustainable competitive advantage. A further challenging requirement is to innovate successfully, not only in product development but also in production. Traditionally, innovation is regarded as successful product development, and delivering innovative products of sufficient quality at a reasonable price is seen as the primary means of acquiring and maintaining competitiveness. In this context, the role of production development is simply to provide production solutions required for the realization of new products. However, production development (sometimes called ‘production improvement’ or ‘process innovation in production’) may also involve continuous incremental or radical improvement of current production processes or systems in terms of productivity, cost, speed, quality, and/or flexibility. Previous research provides a rather narrow view of production development, largely ignoring value creation, which obscures its importance for organizations. Due to the lack of attention to innovativeness in production development, limited effort is also made to understand how to manage production development projects as innovation processes, where the emphasis is on obtaining value. This retards progress and restrains organizations’ competitiveness, and to some extent the potential social benefits (such as increases in sustainability) of new production technologies. Thus, the primary objective of the research this thesis is based upon was to increase understanding of distinguishing features and valuable outcomes of production innovation, together with challenges in managing production innovation processes. Data underlying this research were collected through case studies of development projects in firms operating in several industries. The research findings show that the pursued outcomes of production innovation are mainly cost reductions and increases in quality. Nevertheless, production innovation also contributes with expansion of product design space, and strengthening innovation capabilities, which in themselves provide sustainable competitive advantage. Further, production innovation is highly dependent on successful implementation – a complex endeavour involving internal organization, external customers and other actors contributing to the production system. Organizations lack support for capturing, prioritization, decision making and resource allocation in production innovation processes, a topic that warrants further research.

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Havemose, Karin. "Konsten att uppfinna hjulet två gånger : om uppfinnandets teknik och estetik." Doctoral thesis, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi och organisation, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-8083.

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“There is no need to reinvent the wheel” – a cliché, often told when you want to come up with something new that in someway can be connected to something that already exist. This study shows the opposite – that inventions emanate from what is given. It can be a detail, a problem in a thing - a wheel - or a situation that catches the inventor’s attention. It is something that seeks a solution or something that generates an idea, a hint or a clue of something new and useful. The art of invention emerges from the ability and skill to broaden the seeing and put thinking, substance and tradition into motion. An old radio dial generates a new ergonomic steering wheel. The connection of memories between a chestnut, a cello and an early morning at a water pump creates three works of art. The epistemology of this study is based on a dialogue between voices from different times and traditions. Some voices are normative examples, drawn from a dialogue between Swedish inventors. The others are those of philosophers from the Age of Enlightenment, fetched from their original writings. Through that dialogue, perspectives and ideas of inventors and classical philosophers meet and are compared. A deeper understanding thus emerges that shows the essence of invention and in fact the essence of all creative work: i) Freedom – in thought and in action ii) Dialogue - to test and try new ideas and things in the ever changing circumstances. iii) Doubt - not taking established fact and assumptions for granted iv) Action – testing and breaking established praxis and rules. The study also illustrates the need for an alternative scientific form and expression concerning studies in the fields of invention, innovation and other practical work. Invention can not be captured or shaped by exact measurements, concepts, definitions or abstract models. It takes place in the borderland between fact and fiction, where technique, aesthetics and philosophy are one working entity. The strive for knowledge is endless and without limits and it is nurtured by wondering, searching and ambiguity. With inspiration from the dialogue seminar method used within KTH Advanced Programme in Reflective Practice – this study point out the actuality and vitality in using the classical philosophical writings, dialogue and analogical thinking as a scientific method within higher education.

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Selin, Thomas. "Akwa : en innovation inom vågsurfing." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-33612.

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This has been a project with the aim to develop a product which will solve what I consider to be the biggest difficulty and problem in the sport of wave surfing. That is to get enough speed to be able to stand up on the board and surf without the wave passing you. Today this is done only by paddling with your arms and this project has developed a product that helps the surfer to generate enough speed. This it makes wave surfing easier, especially for beginners and people with less physical ability. Another benefit with the product is that it enhances safety due to the possibility to start surfing further from the shore where stones and swimmers can be present. At the moment of standing up and starting to surf the risk of falling and possibly colliding with obstacles is the highest. A functional prototype has been developed that does this in an effective way, both economically and function wise. A general plan for development and introduction to the market has been developed.
Detta projekt har haft som mål att utveckla en produkt som löser vad jag anser är den största svårigheten inom vågsurfing, vilket är att uppnå tillräckligt med fart för att kunna ställa sig upp och surfa utan att vågen passerar förbi. Det görs i dagsläget genom att paddla med händerna och detta projekt har utvecklat en produkt som hjälper surfaren att uppnå tillräcklig med fart. Den gör vågsurfing enklare, särskilt för nybörjare och personer med begränsade fysiska förutsättningar. En ytterligare fördel med produkten är att den ger ökad säkerhet tack vare att man kommer med vågorna längre ifrån stranden där det kan finnas stenar och badande människor. Vid just detta momentet, då man ställer sig upp på brädan, är risken för att falla och eventuellt kollidera med hinder som störst. En prototyp har utvecklats som gör detta på ett effektivt sätt, både funktionsmässigt och ekonomiskt. En övergripande plan för utveckling och lansering av produkten har tagits fram.

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Huledal, Mattias, and Li Wirström. "Factors Affecting Employees' Participation in Employee Driven Innovation A case study at Viaplay during the innovation initiative called Hack Days." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-224222.

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Altmann, Peter, and Oskar Kämpe. "AN OPEN INNOVATION APPROACH TO THE RADICAL INNOVATION PROCESS : An Analysis of the Management of the Process of Radical Innovation in an Open Innovation Paradigm." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-6107.

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This thesis amends some existing theoretical gaps and an overall lack of empirical studies regarding the ways R&D managers can use Open Innovation during the management of the radical innovation processes’ early development phase.Using existing theories, an interview guide and an analytical model was created. These were later used during the gathering and analysis of empirical data. Our sampling involves three of Sweden’s largest companies, representing three distinct industry fields. Interviews took place during April 2010, and all the interviewees were R&D managers with previous experience with Open Innovation and radical innovation.The results reveal that the managers do use Open Innovation when managing radical innovation, and point to both benefits and issues brought about by using Open Innovation during this process. The use of Open Innovation during the management of radical innovation can be divided into two main aspects; the actual extent to which it is used, and the ways the managers use it. Our results reveal that the extent varies from an early peak, an in between Open Innovation chasm and a final increase. Furthermore, our studies also show that the main ways the managers use OI are; exploitation and creation of revenue streams, knowledge leveraging and integration, and finally to create superior products using broad knowledge networks.

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Fagrell, Fiona, and Keränen Lina Pettersson. "Enabling a higher success rate of innovation projects: Creating business model innovation." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-69426.

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Purpose – The purpose of this master thesis is to enhance knowledge about how business model innovationcan be managed in a structured way within large companies. Method – We used a single case study design with an abductive research approach were the main data collection consisted of semi-structured interviews and a focus group, with a total of 29 informants. The data was analysed using a thematic analysis. Findings – The findings show that the developed business model innovation process for large companies differ from previously presented theories. Integrating our empirical investigation with prior literature, the business model innovation process that we recommend consists off our overall phases: (1) clarification, (2) team mobilisation, (3) development and (4) implementation. Theoretical contribution – The findings extend prior literature by suggesting that: (1) The responsibility for business model innovation should be shared between top managers and operational managers; (2) The current business model innovation process should be extended by adding a completely new phase, namely Clarification; (3) Several of the tasks within the original business model innovation process should be split; (4) A new task should be added after composing a project team that defines the projects specific fixed and variable elements of a business model; and (5) The development phase should have a completely iterative design. Practical implications – This study provide top managers with a framework for how large companies can work with business model innovation in a structured way and guidelines for operational managers on how they can manage the actual execution of business model innovation. By using our business model innovation process, managers are provided with a structured working process to streamline their work with business model innovation, by considering business model innovation without using too much resources. Limitations of the study – This study focused on attention to detail and depth rather than providing statistical generalisable findings. Based on different predefined criteria the case study company selected projects and individuals to participate in the empirical investigation which limited the study as it may have affected the scope and result of the study. Furthermore, there may have been ambiguity about which project we asked about during the interviews as several informants were part of several projects, affecting the transferability of the study.

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Wuorimaa, Olivia, and Katharina Klimkeit. "Preferred Approaches of Industrial Marketing by Innovative Technology Firms to Enhance the Diffusion of Innovation in the Financial Industry." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254321.

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This paper will discuss the challenges that arise in the business-to-business marketing process in the area of highly technological and innovative solutions. The authors will depict the processes that are involved in the business-to-business marketing approach and portray the challenges that arise due to a number of factors, such as trust, customer value and early adoption, when it comes to selling new technology and innovative solutions, and innovations overall, that companies nowadays need, but not necessarily want. The Diffusion of Innovation theory as well as the concept of Relationship Management will be used to put this topic into theoretical frameworks. With the support of existing literature, the qualitative methodologies of this paper are chosen in order to gain knowledge of the preferred approaches of business-to-business marketing. In accordance to this, the authors aim to analyze the diffusion of innovation and how companies today can attain customers not only within the early adopters group, but also the early and later majority, thus increasing market value and share. This exact transition has been analyzed, however not in the exact field of industrial marketing with a focus on the financial industry, though innovation and digitalization is now more important than ever. Firms need to establish personal and trustworthy relationships with potential and actual customers in order to generate more value and implement necessary innovative solutions. In a survey conducted within the scope of this thesis, respondents emphasize the perceived level of expertise suppliers need in order to initiate collaborations. The focus on innovation and increasing customer and market values through its implementation will be discussed in order to accelerate value generation for all parties involved in an ever-changing digital environment and to fill the research gap within innovation diffusion in industrial marketing.

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CHINNAPANDIAN, ANAND, and MOHAMMAD BABAEI. "Innovation analysis of the adoption of BIM using Innovation theories." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279731.

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When compared to other industries, the construction industry has been slow to adopt digital technologies. BIM stands for Building Information Modeling (hereon referred to as BIM) and it represents a turning point when it comes to digitalization in the AEC sector. Despite BIM’s proven potential to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of construction projects, widescale adoption, and implementation of construction projects using BIM hasn’t happened yet. This research aims to conduct an innovation analysis of adoption of BIM in Europe using innovation theories such as Rogers’s diffusion theory and Crossing the Chasm by Moore. We hope the reader will have an understanding of the various adoption barriers for BIM in Europe after reading this research paper.
Jämfört med andra branscher har byggbranschen varit långsam med att använda digital teknik. BIM står för Building Information Modeling (nedan kallad BIM) och representerar en vändpunkt när det gäller digitalisering inom AEC-sektorn. Trots BIM: s beprövade potential att minska kostnaderna och förbättra effektiviteten i byggprojekt, har vidsträckt antagande och genomförande av byggprojekt med BIM ännu inte hänt. Denna forskning syftar till att göra en innovationsanalys av antagandet av BIM i Europa med hjälp av innovationsteorier som Rogers diffusionsteori och Crossing the Chasm av Moore. Vi hoppas att läsaren kommer att ha en förståelse för de olika adoptionsbarriärerna för BIM i Europa efter att ha läst detta forskningsdokument.

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CELUKANOVS, ANDREJS, and BJÖRK SEBASTIAN WATTLE. "Best Practices for Innovation Management. : A Study on Large Companies in Sweden." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-263178.

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The overall aim of this thesis was to identify and analyze good innovation management practices in Sweden’s most innovative large companies, excluding governmentally owned organizations. Out of 500 large organizations in Sweden, the top 25 most innovative companies have been ranked based upon over 7,000 printed press articles from 2018 available through Retriever Media. The companies are ranked by their innovations score which is calculated by the number of articles a company is mentioned in, adjusted to the company size, and multiplied with the mean sentiment score. The top 25 companies from the ranking was compared with 25 reference companies, active within the same industry based on the Swedish Standard Industrial Classification (SNI) number, that received a lower innovation score. Good innovation management practices were analyzed based on 14 qualitative interviews in 12 of the top 15 ranked companies and a quantitative survey responded by 20 top ranked and 17 reference companies. The interviews were semi structured with open ended questions to identify used practices, and the reasoning behind them. Spearman’s correlation method has been used to investigate if there was any correlation between the company’s innovation score, the mean performance score, and the mean importance score rated by respondents. The company case studies provide authentic examples on how and when different methods and concepts are used within industry. However, while theoretical frameworks often are strictly defined and described in solitary, the interviews have shown that when used within industry, it is rather the opposite. In many of the interviewed companies, frameworks and methods are modified, combined and constantly evolving. Aspects that the interviewees have expressed as important for an innovative company are: Innovation and change should be iterative, decentralized and started in small scale while receiving full support from top management. Examples of identified practices are: The innovation vision is used in the decision-making process for new ideas. Keywords connected to innovation are used for guiding new aspirations. There is an overall aim to become industry or/and digital leaders. Although the interviewed companies had similar innovation management practices, they were usually modified to fit within the company’s own organization and industry. The interviews contributed with interesting collection of practices within their authentic setting from which other companies could draw inspiration from. Lastly, a handbook was created describing how to conduct the innovation ranking annually, including a description of how to use the software as well as the required script of code.
Det övergripande syftet med denna uppsats har varit att identifiera och analysera hur ett antal stora och framgångsrika bolag bedriver innovationsledning. Av 500 svenska företag har de 25 mest innovativa rankats baserat på hur företagen framställts i över 7000 tryckta artiklar under 2018. I artiklarna som tagits fram via Retriever Media har företagen poängsatts efter antalet artiklar som de omnämnts i, korrigerat efter företagens storlek, multiplicerat med artiklarnas genomsnittliga sentimentvärde. De 25 högst rankade företagen jämfördes sedan med 25 referensföretag aktiva inom samma bransch enligt standarden för svensk näringsindelning (SNI). God innovationsledningspraxis identifierades och analyserades genom 14 intervjuer med 12 av de 15 högst rankade företagen, samt en enkätstudie som besvarades av 20 av de 25 högst rankade företagen och 17 av referensbolagen. Intervjuerna var semi strukturerade med öppna frågor för att identifiera den innovationsledningspraxis som företagen använder sig av samt bakomliggande resonemang. Spearmans rangkorrelation användes för att identifiera eventuella korrelationer mellan företagens innovationsrankning och hur företaget presterar med avseende på olika innovationsaspekter samt hur viktiga dessa aspekter anses. Analysen av innovationsledningspraxis resulterade i praktiska exempel på hur och när olika metoder, verktyg och strategier användes inom företagen. Managementteorier som kan uppfattas som strikta i litteraturen visade sig kombineras, modifieras och utvecklas i flera av de intervjuade företagen. Aspekter som företagen lyfte fram som viktiga var att innovation och förändring behöver ske iterativt, decentraliseras och startas småskaligt med full uppbackning av företagsledningen. Några av de olika sätt att framgångsrikt leda innovation som identifierats är att: Det finns en vision för hur för företaget ska jobba med innovation och denna vision ligger till grund för mycket av den beslutsfattande processen när det kommer till nya idéer. Nyckelord kopplade till olika innovationsmål används frekvent för att leda forskning och utveckling i rätt riktning. Det finns även ett övergripande mål om att bli det ledande företaget inom olika områden och näringsgrenar. Även om många av de intervjuade företagen hade liknande innovationsledningspraxis så var denna ofta modifierade för att passa det enskilda bolaget eller branschen. De intervjuade företagen bidrog med en stor mängd intressanta metoder och insikter som andra företag kan inspireras och dra nytta av för att förbättra sin innovationsledningsförmåga. Slutligen sammanställdes en handbok för att genomföra en innovationsrankning, inklusive hur man använder de programvaror som krävs samt all nödvändig kod för att möjliggöra en återkommande rankning av innovativa företag.

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Ahmed, Shohana, and Mohammad Kamruzzaman. "Drivers of eco-innovation." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-57311.

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Contemporary business world is now facing a challenge, a shift from traditional innovation to eco-innovation. Organizations need to recognize the importance of environment in any aspect of innovation. This paper aims to deduce the drivers of eco-innovation from the overview of existing literature and empirical study to provide an understanding of the organization aiming towards eco-innovation. The aim of this thesis is to identify the drivers of eco-innovation and objectives being able to understand and review the contribution of innovation and eco-innovation as separate entities.This research is limited to the investigation of drivers of eco-innovation in one single organization i.e. Tekniska Verken, Linköping. Conceptual model of drivers of eco-innovation is created from previous research and verified through empirical study. The model of this research is to outline the three categories of drivers within the limit and scope of this analysis. However modification of the model on the basis of additional drivers has been duly appreciated and elucidated to reflect reality of the research.

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Richtnér, Anders. "Balancing knowledge creation : examining organizational slack and knowledge creation in product development." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Management av Innovation och Produktion (T), 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-533.

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Over the last few years there has been a downturn in business. As a response, many companies have initiated various downsizing activities – often on a short-term financial basis – in order to improve the competitive position of the company. Yet, at the same time, innovation is often cited as the key to long-term success by the very same companies. The central problem examined in this book is whether downsizing and innovation are compatible. The problem was studied during a two year exploratory case research in six cases – selected from a well-defined reference population consisting of 37 companies – facing the exact challenge of simultaneously downsizing and trying to sustain its high level of innovation. The simple answer found in the study is yes. Companies can simultaneously downsize and still maintain a high level of innovation, but it is difficult and challenging and it depends on the company’s ability to handle the knowledge creation process. So what is needed? Create an understanding in the company, at all levels, that balancing knowledge creation – the ability to share and transfer knowledge – is one of the most important tasks in order to remain innovative over time. This is done by building a commitment to knowledge creation. This commitment is achieved through making knowledge creation a visible and central element of the strategic intent, and organizing the company so that ideas can be generated and generalized. Examples of activities include: At an organizational level there is a need to create boundary spanning activities to facilitate knowledge creation between various part of the organization, but also to other organizations. At a top management level shared visions and values need to be created; exemplified in words and action. Important is that the top management not get involved into micro-management. Avoid cutting-down on initial activities – where visualization and brainstorming are in focus – in projects aiming for innovation, as these activities are the foundations the rest of the project. This book is useful for those who are faced with the challenge of finding a balance between short-term activities, often focusing on downsizing, and the more long-term activity of being innovative.
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Kouvela, Christina. "Lethargic Medical Innovation Implementation Scene Awakened by COVID-19 : Identifying barriers and facilitators for medical innovations within prenatal care in Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-454553.

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Maternal health has been found to lag significantly behind in medical innovations compared to other branches of medicine such as radiology. Prenatal care, being part of maternal health, seems to be no different. Driven by this fact, this study first attempts to investigate the state of innovation implementation within the context of prenatal care in Sweden. Then, it continues with the identification of critical barriers and facilitators for the implementation of medical innovations within the same field and context as medical innovations are at some point necessary. Considering the nature of the issues at hand a qualitative study was deemed more suitable and hence was conducted. The overall work consists of a literature review alongside a planned and executed empirical study. The empirical study was conducted as a single case study comprising of three stakeholder groups that were of interest. These were: doctors, midwives, and healthcare managers. Participants were approached using a combination of convenience and snowball sampling. A series of semi-structured interviews were conducted with actors located throughout Sweden. With the help of thematic analysis, a holistic view supported by all three stakeholder groups was able to arise leading to multi-faceted insights. Results show that the medical innovation implementation state within prenatal care in Sweden could have been characterised as lethargic before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic as no significant medical innovations had emerged in the field until then. However, it is discovered that COVID-19 signalled the end of this reality and abruptly moved the existing innovation implementation climate. Furthermore, regarding the potential introduction of medical innovations in prenatal care, important barriers and facilitators were discovered. The findings of the study can be of use to actors attempting to implement medical innovations in the future within prenatal care or other clinical areas and contexts.

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From, Erik. "Utvärdering av innovativa dammsystem." Thesis, KTH, Tillämpad maskinteknik (KTH Södertälje), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-232706.

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Bergvall, Evelin, and Pontus Palmqvist. "Product Development in University Driven Innovation : An action research thesis." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-45385.

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This project has accepted the challenge of integrating competence from six different academies to create a versatile innovation; an autonomous amphibious vehicle for environmental monitoring. Water quality is routinely monitored by manually collecting samples from water bodies which are later on transported to a laboratory where they are analyzed, or by sampling data from stationary sensors placed at strategic sites in different water bodies. The transportation itself can pose a risk to the quality of the samples since chemical reactions can transform the sample (such as pH and turbidity) over time and thus give inconclusive data. Stationarysensors give correct momentary data, but are restricted solely to a few specific points, and often monitor only one parameter. The purpose of the current product development is to contribute to improved environmental monitoring and to a sustainable society, by creating a new efficient technical solution that monitors, analyzes and obtains data on multiple parameters of water quality of water bodies. The long-term goal is to provide responsible authorities, local municipalities, and environmental scientists with a versatile sampling method that produces high resolution, accurate and accessible data. The product development process resulted in a prototype of an autonomous amphibious vehicle that can monitor different parameters of water quality in freshwater. The parameters registered are; pH, turbidity, temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and total dissolved solids(TDS). This is conducted through an autonomous mobile vehicle powered by electricity, the vehicle is programmed to drive at the surface and stop at given geographical positions where a submersible subunit collects data from different depths before moving to the next location. The vehicle is designed to navigate also on moving water bodies such as freshwater streams. The prototype is expected to become useful in the context of water quality monitoring to increase awareness of water pollution and provide data for successful management action.

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Jaimes, Sandra. "Innovation av logistiktjänster med mobil spårning : Fallstudie på Expeditors AB." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279705.

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Industry 4.0 har blivit en av mest diskuterat tema inom industriella affärsidéerna under de senaste åren. Detta paradigm introducerar Internet of Things (IoT) med integrerade tekniker som radiofrekvensidentifiering (RFID), trådlöst sensornätverk (WSN) och moln beräkning. Konvergensen av dessa teknologier gör det möjligt för system att samla in och analysera data från anslutna enheter. Detta ger nya utmaningar men också möjligheter för tillverkningsföretag som oundvikligen kommer att validera sina krav. I detta sammanhang kommer leverantörerna att möta behovet av att uppgradera sina affärsstrategier för att uppfylla kraven av dagens industriella revolution. Syftet med detta projekt är att studera resultaten av tredjepartslogistikbolag Expeditors AB som använder Industry 4.0-teknik i sina logistiktjänster för att uppnå resurseffektivitet. Inledningsvis identifierades samhörigheten mellan logistiktjänster och tillverkningsföretag, eftersom uppkomsten av tredjelogistik (3PL) är resultat av företagets outsourcing. 3PL har upplevt betydande förändringar genom tiden. Under senaste tiden kombination av IT-lösningar och logistik har varit en populär tjänst som erbjuds allmänt av 3PL-leverantörer. Det blir allt viktigare för 3PL och 3PL-kunder att samarbeta för att anpassa sina strategier för att ingå i en bredare leveranskedja med digital infrastruktur som involverar IoT-teknik. Eftersom användning av digital teknik möjliggör spårning av leveranskedja helt i linje med outsourcingtrenden där allt fler aktörer tillkommer längs försörjningskedja och därför behov av effektivisering. Resultatet från detta arbete visar att Expeditors AB har lyckats att utveckla en logistiklösning som kombinerar IoT-teknik och logistik. Detta har skärpt leveranspunktlighet genom realtidsspårning. Logistiklösningen ger kunderna detaljerat övervakning av leveransen och säkerställer försändelsen värde under transporttiden. Fördelar med realtidspårning är noggrannhet av data. Vilken ger exakt status och placering av försändelsen längs försörjningskedjan. Detta gör att 3PL kan mobilisera resurser snabbt över ett komplex och global transportnätverk för att undvika förseningar och störningar. Detta skapar resurseffektivisering av tid och pengar.
Industry 4.0 has become one of the most talked-about industrial business concepts in recent years. This paradigm introduces the Internet of Things (IoT) with integrated technologies like radio frequency identification (RFID), wireless sensor network (WSN) and cloud computing. The convergence of these technologies enables systems to collect and analyze data from connected assets, this presents new challenges but also opportunities for manufacturing companies that unavoidably will revalidate their requirements. In this context, the suppliers will face the need to upgrade their business to meet the requirements of the age of Industry 4.0. The purpose of this project is to study the achievements of third-party logistics Expeditors AB deploying Industry 4.0 technology in their logistics services to achieve resource efficiency. First of all, we will identify the current issues between logistic services and manufacturing companies, since the emergence of third logistics-party (3PL) is an out-turn development from industry’s outsourcing; 3PL has experienced significant changes throughout the years. Combination of Information technology (IT) and logistics have been a popular service that is widely offered by 3PL providers. It is becoming increasingly essential for the 3PL service providers’ and 3PL service users’ to adjust their future logistics strategies and operations to be part of a wider supply chain featuring digital infrastructure involving IoT, big data, localized systems of value creation, which is likely to result in a distributed manufacturing paradigm. The result from this work shows that Expeditors AB have achieved to develop a tracking tool by using IoT technology which has sharpened efficiency of time delivery. This tracking management solution gives customers clear visibility of their deliveries and also ensures the safety and security of high-value products even when it is on route or in remote locations. However, real-time tracking provides data with fine grain accuracy about the exact location of goods at any point along the supply chain which allows 3PL enabling them to deploy resources more strategically and be more adaptable to mobilize quickly across a complex global transportation network in order to avoid delayed and disruptions.

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Sundman, Liberg Marcus, and Vinh Tang. "Effekten av benchmarking i två företag : Observation leder till innovation." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-35074.

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Luzhnica, Doruntina. "Goal setting for innovation : Exploring the relation to operational goals." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24516.

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Goal setting is proven to affect the choices and focus of the employees towards certain tasks, therefore it has been suggested for ensuring that sufficient focus and attentions is direct towards explorative activities (Lund & Magnusson, 2015), which are otherwise at risk of being down prioritized (Levinthal & March, 1993). Such effects of goal setting can though not be expected in situations where there is low commitment to the goal program (Latham, 2004). A factor which is important for increasing the goal commitment, is having clear rationales for the goals set. However, because there are few studies on goal setting for innovation, rationales for establishing innovation goals and hinderers affecting goal commitment have still not been researched from an innovation perspective. Moreover, much of the existing goal setting theory has derived from research related to productivity aspects (Latham & Yukl, 1975;Lund & Magnusson, 2015) which have more in common with operational activities, than innovation activities. The purpose of this study is to identify rationales- and hinders to goal commitment when establishing innovation goals, and to examine how goal setting features for exploration (referred to as innovation goals) differs from goal setting features for exploitation (referred to as operational goals). This research has been conducted as case study at Sandvik Coromant, where both qualitative and quantitative data was collected. Interviews and surveys were done with the help of 32 managers from different departments and managerial levels. The findings are limited to R&D manager’s perceptions of goal setting. Findings show that rationales for establishing innovation goals are; to directing attention towards- and inspire exploration, to bring innovation to a concrete level and create knowledge, to satisfy prerequisites of innovation and/or innovation culture, to come up with new ways of working or improving processes, and to generate new ideas or/and present and implementing them. Hinders affecting goal commitment were identified as the following; misconceptions about innovation from defining it as output only, failing to convince individuals that the goal program is important and lack of resources. Further, according to this study goals for innovation differ from goals for operational activities. Goal features preferred for the two were opposites to each other. Goal features for operational activities aim to reduce variance and control the performance outcome, whereas goal features for innovation aim to trigger essential parts of innovation such as creativity, learning and experimentation, and therefore increases variance.

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BURÉNIUS, FABIAN. "Innovativt sjöräddningsrep." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18024.

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Denna uppsats har utförts som ett kandidatarbete vid Textilingenjörsutbildningen på Textilhögskolan i Borås. Arbetets uppdrag gavs av Svenska Sjöräddnings-sällskapets innovations- avdelning i Göteborg och syftade till att försöka utveckla ett sjöräddningsrep med mindre motstånd i vatten, och därigenom underlätta och minimera energiåtgång vid sjöräddning. Idag används bland annat kastlinor med en mindre diamter för att hjälpa människor över bord men även rep med grövre diameter och tvärsnitt används som till exempel bogser-trossar för att hjälpa båtar i nöd. Repen ser olika ut gällande repkonstruktion, utvecklingsarbetet ämnade att kombinera dessa två sorters rep till ett nytt ”universalrep” för sjöräddning med ett mindre motstånd i vatten. Rep som används för att rädda liv ställer höga krav på hållfasthet och användning inom marin utomhusmiljö påverkar beslut gällande konstruktion och material- val. Uppsatsen utfördes genom en marknadsundersökning och litteraturstudie. I marknadsundersökningen utfördes bland annat intervjuer med expertanvändare och undersökning av repstandarder. Informationen som samlades in kunde ligga till grund för kravspecifikationen. Konceptet utformades med hjälp av marknadsundersökningen och litteraturstudie genom till exempel fördjupning i ämnet hydrodynamik. Detta gav viktig information om vad som påverkar ett reps motstånd i vatten. Arbetet resulterade i en kravspecifikation och ett koncept för ett nytt ”universalrep” med mindre motstånd i vatten ämnat för sjöräddning. Konceptet innefattar en rad tekniska lösningar för att uppnå de krav och önskemål som erhållits från intervjuer med expertanvändarna. Till exempel skall repet ha en minimerad slät diameter, god brott-styrka och högpresterande materialval skall användas så som Dyneema och PTFE-behandlade fibrer.
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Frost, Isabelle. "Opptimerad effektfördelning i elnätet genom innovation och klimatpsykologi." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-49173.

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Denna studie har tittat på hur ett kommunalt energibolag kan arbeta med effektoptimering i elnätet tillsammans med kommuninvånarna genom ett innovativt och klimatpsykologiskt angreppsätt. Detta har gjorts genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med elkunder, samt en kvalitativ undersökning av ett hushålls totala effektuttag över ett års tid. Empiriinsamlingen har även stöttats av en litteraturgenomgång och en omvärldsanalys. I empiriinsamlingen framkom komplexiteten och beroende variablerna mellan intresseområdena innovation, hållbar utveckling och psykologi. Utifrån kunskapen insamlad i denna studie skapades ett konceptförslag till uppdragsgivaren för en ny webbaserad tjänst. Förhoppningen är att konceptförslaget och kunskapen som presenteras i studien ska komma till nytta för uppdragsgivaren i arbetet med att uppnå en jämnare effektfördelning i elnätet tillsammans med deras elkunder.

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Eriksson, Tobias, and Rasmus Burnelius. "Projekt TvättBjörn : Innovativ Tvättmaskin." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-35078.

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Almost every person on earth is wearing clothes, which means everyone once in a while have to do their laundry. To wash by hand is hard labor and very time consuming. When the washing machine first came people, especially women, got more time over for taking care of their children, time for education and the possibility to get a job. But the washing machine that is used today needs stable electricity, running water and some sort of heater for the water. This type of working infrastructure is not certain for a large part of the world’s population, even if many people have the economic means to get a washing machine. There is today no suitable alternative between the washtub and the complicated, expensive and resource demanding washing machines that is produced today. The goal of this project has been to develop a new type of product which solves the problem with the bad compatibility with today's machines, which needs running water and stable electricity. After extensive database scrutiny and several interviews with knowledgeable people has a distinct demand been specified. The project has resulted in a new type of innovative washing machine which from now on is called Tvättbjörn. Tvättbjörn aims shuts the big product gap that is between the washtub and today's complicated washing machines. The project group's vision is to contribute to a new view of how energy is produced and how it is used in a sustainable way. The project group wants to show an alternative to how laundry machines can be designed.

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Årman, Ann-Kristin. "Groddföretagens vägar till information. En studie hur Chalmers Tekniska Högskolas Bibliotek används som informationsresurs av tio groddföretag på Chalmers Innovation." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16564.

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The aim of this thesis is to investigate the information need of the incubators that comes from Chalmers University of Technology and are situated at Chalmers Innovation. It is also of interest to investigate how Chalmers University Library covers this information need. The investigation was carried out using qualitative interviews with representatives of the incubators. They were asked questions about the perceived need of information and which type of contacts they had with the library. The result is that the incubators feel that there is a great need for business information that is hard to find. Most companies try to fulfil this need by searching the Internet via ordinary search engines or searching in databases at the library. Since almost all of the investigated companies emanate from Chalmers University of Technology, they did not find it as a problem to keep them updated on technical issues. The majority of the companies used Internet and personal contacts to keep them updated on technical issues. For basic technical information, such as needed for entering a new field, they often used the University library. None of the investigated companies was aware of the possibility to give search questions to the library. They have not got any information of what services the library could provide. This is a question that I feel need to be addressed. It should be possible to improve the co-operation between the incubators and the library for the benefit of both parties.
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Hollander, Ernst. "Varför var det så segt? : om lågriskkemi, miljödriven innovation och kravformning." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation, 1995. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-51498.

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Ståhl, Dennis, and Siyu Guo. "Innovation genom additiv tillverkning." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-230585.

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Additiv tillverkning, AM, är en teknik som utvecklas med stormsteg. Konventionella tillverkningsmetoder, som exempelvis svarvning eller formgjutning, är begränsade när det kommer till att ta fram produkter med komplexa geometrier och därför är AM ett bra komplement. Tidigare har dock andra materialegenskaper såsom brott- och sträckgräns varit något som kompenserats med inom AM. Men i den takt som AM utvecklas kan tekniken snart ersätta de flesta konventionella tillverkningsmetoderna helt. Syftet med denna rapport är att redogöra vad som är möjligt att producera med dagens AM och vad som kan förväntas i framtiden.Eftersom att komplexa former inte är ett problem med AM så går produkterna att ta fram i ett enda steg jämfört med när de tidigare blivit hopmonterade av flera mindre delar. AM i metall är något som är under snabb utveckling och i dagsläget finns det många metoder för detta, bland annat Selective Laser Sintering, Selective Laser Melting, Beam Metal Deposition, Electron Beam Melting och Binder Jetting. Metoderna använder olika typer av teknik för att skapa modeller och de har alla sina för- och nackdelar vad gäller kostnad, hållfasthet och arbetshastighet.Verktyg i alla dess former är exempel på produkter som kräver hög prestanda och lång livslängd. För att integrera de höga kraven på prestanda och möjligheterna till komplexa geometrier med AM så är det en spiralborr med invändiga kylkanaler som tas fram i denna rapport. De invändiga kylkanalerna skiftar i diameter för att optimera intaget av kylmedel samtidigt som trycket på utloppet ökar.Som tidigare nämnt finns det många metoder för AM i metall. Den metod som anses bäst lämpad för detta ändamål är Selective Laser Melting då denna metod skapar kompakta metallprodukter med hög hållfasthet. En 3D-modell av Spiralborren skapas i Solid Edge ST9 och modellen simuleras i ANSYS Workbench för att se hur kylkanalerna påverkar borren vid användning. Resultatet av simuleringen visar på att den totala deformationen blir 0,68μm och den maximalaspänningen blir 33,95MPa, båda uppstår i mitten på spiralborren. Varken totala deformationen eller spänningen i borren når alltså en kritisk gräns, och därför dras slutsatsen att detta är en konstruktion som skulle klara de krav som finns på en borr.Utvecklingen av nya metoder för AM i metall går snabbt och inom en snar framtid kommer de nya teknikerna ha så pass hög arbetshastighet och vara så pass priseffektiva att de kommer kunna ersätta de flesta konventionella tillverkningsmetoderna helt och hållet.
Additive manufacturing, AM, is a technique that is developing in an incredible pace. Conventional manufacturing methods, like lathe turning or casting for instance, are limited when it comes to creating products with complex geometries, in these cases AM is a good complement. Previously though, material characteristics like tensile strength and yield point is something that AM has been compensating with. But in the current rate of development, the AM-technique can soon replace most conventional manufacturing methods completely. The purpose of this project is to describe the possibilities in AM today and what could be expected in the future.Since complex geometries is not a problem with AM, the products can be produced in only one step compared to conventional methods where it often takes several steps to produce a product. AM with metal is something that is developing fast and there are already many different methods, for instance Selective Laser Sintering, Selective Laser Melting, Beam Metal Deposition, Electron Beam Melting and Binder Jetting. These methods use different techniques to create prototypes and they all have their pros and cons what matters cost, strength and working speed.Tools in all forms are examples of products that requires high performance and a long life-span. To integrate the requirement of high performance and the possibilities with complex geometries through AM, a twisted drill with internal cooling channels is produced in this project. The internal cooling channels are shifting in diameter to optimize the inlet of coolant and at the same time increase the outlet.As mentioned earlier there are many different methods for AM in metal. The method that is considered the best for this purpose is Selective Laser Melting since this method creates compact metal products with high strength. A 3D-model of the twisted drill was created in Solid Edge ST9 and was then analyzed in ANSYS Workbench to see the impact of the internal cooling channels during use of the drill. The results show that the total deformation is 0,68μm and maximum tension is 33,95MPa, both in the middle of the drill. Neither the total deformation or the maximum tension reaches a critical limit and therefor the drawn conclusion is that this model would reach the requirements given to a drill.The development of new methods in AM with metal is going fast and in a near future the new techniques will have increased in working speed so much and be price effective enough to replace most of the conventional manufacturing methods completely.

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Berg, Niklas, and Tomas Regula. "Challenges in the Current Innovation Audit Practice : KTH Master Thesis Report." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264069.

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Innovation is essential for the growth and survival of an organisation. Although innovation is viewed as important, managers generally have a vague sense of their company’s innovativeness and which tools that are available to evaluate their capability to innovate. Previous research state that scorecard-based innovation audit tools do have merit in evaluating an organisations capability to innovate, but that there are a number of weaknesses. Problems are raised concerning three areas, the dimensions of which the scorecard is based on, the respondent that is conducting the innovation audit, and the Likert scale which a majority of innovation audit tools are using. Problems in these areas affect the reliability and validity of the tool. The purpose of this study is to investigate the current innovation audit practices by examining employee’s perception of the tool. Further the purpose is to, with the help of literature and qualitative research, propose areas of improvements and bring forth ideas that should be taken into consideration in future development of innovation audit tools. The study is performed as a qualitative study with an iterative approach. Interviews were conducted with nine parties of interest, and the empirical data has been analysed through a thematic analysis. The result show that an organisation’s capability to innovate is hard to measure and that there exists scepticism whether or not an innovation audit tool does manage to do this. Further, problems exist within the identified areas of an innovation audit tool. These problems affect the validity and reliability of the tool. A problem is how the respondent of the innovation audit tool interpret the statements or questions, and how they interpret the scale. Another problem is the self-interest that may exist, depending on who is participating in the audit. Ideas to minimise these problems are brought forward and discussed in order to increase the validity and reliability of the innovation audit tool.
Innovation är en förutsättning för en organisations tillväxt och överlevnad. Trots att innovation ses som en viktig förutsättning så har chefer i allmänhet en otydlig bild av deras organisations förmåga att skapa innovation och vilka verktyg som finns tillgängliga för att utvärdera denna förmåga. Forskning visar att scorekort baserade verktyg kan ge värdefulla insikter då en organisations förmåga att skapa innovation utreds. Forskningen visar vidare att det finns svagheter vid den här typen av utvärderingar. Tre problemområden har identifierats. De dimensioner som det scorekort baserade verktyget är baserade på, respondenten som svarar på utvärderingen, samt Likert-skalan som en majoritet av utvärderingsverktygen använder. Problem inom dessa områden påverkar verktygets pålitlighet och giltighet. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka de nuvarande verktyg för utvärdering av förmågan att skapa innovation genom att granska medarbetares uppfattning om verktyget. Vidare är syftet att med hjälp av litteratur och kvalitativ forskning föreslå förbättringsområden och föra fram idéer som bör beaktas vid framtida utveckling av verktyg för att utvärdera förmågan att skapa innovation. Studien utfördes som en kvalitativ forskning med ett iterativt tillvägagångssätt. Intervjuer genomfördes med nio parter av intresse, och empiriska data har analyserats genom en tematisk analys. Resultatet visar att en organisations förmåga att skapa innovation är svår att mäta och att det finns skepsis huruvida ett verktyg för att mäta förmågan att skapa innovation lyckas med detta eller inte. Vidare existerar problem inom de identifierade områdena av utvärderingsverktygen. Dessa problem påverkar verktygets pålitlighet och giltighet. Ett problem är hur respondenten av utvärderingsverktyget tolkar påståendena eller frågorna och hur de tolkar Likert-skalan. Ett annat problem är det självintresse som kan existera, beroende på vem som deltar i utvärderingen. Idéer för att minimera dessa problem framförs och diskuteras för att öka pålitligheten och giltigheten i verktyget.

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